xviii, 507 pages ; 24 cm

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Aberdeen, 1983) with the title Identity and integration

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-479)

Introduction -- pt. 1. The Christian gospel amid Graeco-Roman culture : barbarism, Hellenism, and Christian identity. The problem of Christian identity in the context of Graeco-Roman culture of the early Roman empire -- The gospel as the triumph of barbarism? (1) Tatian, or, the vindication of the barbarians against the Greeks -- The gospel as the triumph of barbarism? (2) Tertullian, or, the vindication of a new identity within Graeco-Roman culture -- Christ and the Hellenistic heritage (1) : Justin, or, Christ as 'the expectation of the nations' -- Christ and the Hellenistic heritage (2) : Clement of Alexandria, or, Christ as the unifying rpinciple of all knowledge -- pt. 2. The modern African predicament : identity and quests for integration. Christianity as 'civilisation' : the legacy of 'the third opportunity' and the making of a modern identity problem -- A variety of African responses (1) : Bolajo Idowu, or, the continuity of God in African experience -- A variety of African responses (2) : John Mbiti, or, Christ as the redeemer of the African heritage -- A variety of African responses (3) : Mulago gwa Cikala Musharhamina, or, the entry of Africa into the 'Catholica' -- A variety of African responses (4) : Byang Kato, or, theology as Bibliology -- Conclusion : African and the Fathers : the relevance of teh achievement of early Hellensistic Christian theology for the theological enterprise in modern Africa

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